Re: do traditional professional girls still exist?
The thing is…its a weird combination, let me try explaininng to the best of my ability…
Dubai is split physically in 2 parts (new and old Dubai) and so are its people and their lifestyles. Up until not so long ago there was no new Dubai, the firangis hadn’t come, there was one bar on a deserted road (about which I even found out recently when it was being dimolisged) basically ur & mine generation (who happen to be at a marriageable age now) grew up with very middle class values & routine. There was no exposure to the western world, we had one TV channel called ch.33 (a local channel with news & cartoons) literally for an average kid growing up in the 90s we had no exposure and I truly believe parents that move out of Pakistan hold on to their values more dearly then the ones in Pakistan themselves.
I remember telling one of my friends in school that I have a crush on a boy and she asked me what is crush (I was a little advanced for my age cuz I did have some western exposure by that time from one of my US return relatives/neighbour who became my bestie at that time and introduced me to nancy drew, comics n all hahaha)
Anyways the word spread in my class and I was boycotted and had to change my school. Can you imagine? Thankfully my other school was a blessing in my life. Anyways..
Obviously growing up every girl had crushes & all but not many dated. Lack of guts or fear of parents I dont know but they just didn’t plus school was quite strict.
By the time the western changes started happening in the city we all were in university and the uni life here is all about studies, if u dont study u lose ur scholarship and a middle class girl studying in uni with student aid can’t afford to risk her GPA and this is how most guys were friendzoned automatically.
Now the current situation is such that they live in old Dubai with family & work in new Dubai with firangis. Firangis take smoke break & they take namaz break, firangis go for drinks after work & some go but Dont drink while others respectfully decline the offer, firnagis wear dresses at work & these girls wear dresses with stockings and all. The things about Dubai is everyone happily accepts each others differences, very few want to become like each other. They like that they are who they are yet friends/ neighbors of/ colleagues people that come from different backgrounds
That being said of course there are exceptions of lame ass fools who swing the other way but the above is what my 27yrs of experience has taught me in Dubai.